82 THE AKT OF TAMING HOKSES. 



spend an hour, in handling his legs, tapping the hoofs 

 with your hand or hammer all this to he done in a 

 firm, measured, soothing manner ; only now and then, 

 if he resist, crying, as you paralyze him with the ropes, 

 " Wo ho ! " in a determined manner. It is by this con- 

 tinual soothing and handling that you establish con- 

 fidence between the horse and yourself. After patting 

 him as much as you deem needful, say for ten minutes 

 or a quarter of an hour, you may encourage him to rise. 

 -Some horses will require a good deal of helping, and 

 their fore-legs drawing out before them. 



It may be as well to remark, that the handling the 

 limbs, of colts particularly, requires caution. A cart 

 colt, tormented by flies, will kick forward nearly up to 

 the fore-legs. 



If a horse, unstrapped, attempts to rise, you may 

 easily stop him by taking hold of a fore-leg and 

 doubling it back to the strapped position. If by chance 

 he should be too quick, don't resist ; it is an essential 

 principle in the Karey system, never to enter into a 

 contest with a horse unless you are certain to be 

 victorious. 



In all these operations, you must be calm, and not in 

 a hurry. 



Thus, under the Earey system, all indications are so 

 direct, ' that the horse must understand them. You 

 place him in a position, and under such restraint, that 

 he cannot resist anything that you chose to do to him ; 

 and then you proceed to caress him when he assents, to 

 reprove him when he thinks of resisting resist, with 

 all his legs tied, he cannot repeated lessons end by 

 persuading the most vicious horse that it is useless to 

 try to resist, and that acquiescence will be followed by 

 the caresses thai horses evidently like. 



